The international PublisHer professional network of ‘bookwomen’ rolls out its #Unmasked series of video interviews with women in publishing.
Coronavirus Worklife: Elsevier’s Michiel Kolman in Amsterdam
Since the COVID-19 onset, Michiel Kolman says, Elsevier’s workforce has found a new sense for its work’s importance–and for belonging.
Belarus Update: The Society of Authors Presses the UK’s Foreign Office
The trade union for writers calls on the British government to pressure the Lukashenko regime on behalf of the Union of Belarus Writers.
Richard Charkin: COVID, Nonfiction, and the Past as ‘a Foreign Country’
Richard Charkin looks ahead to what kinds of nonfiction trends we may see once the coronavirus is better contained.
Rights Roundup: Debuts in the Dog Days of Summer
Titles in our latest Rights Roundup are by authors based in Sweden, Canada, the UAE, Iceland, the UK, Ecuador, and China’s Sichuan province.
‘Race and Power’: The UK’s Cambridge University Press Opens Free Access
Hoping to ‘not just voice outrage,’ but also to ‘provide research and data,’ the oldest publisher offers expert writings in ‘Race and Power.’
Author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Translator Michele Hutchison, Win International Booker Prize
A book written in a child’s voice wins the 2020 International Booker Prize, its author from a devoutly religious Dutch farming family.
Political Releases, Led by Brian Stelter’s ‘Hoax,’ Drive US Nonfiction Book Sales
The publication of Brian Stelter’s examination of Donald Trump and Fox News opens a new season of election-season titles.
China Bestsellers in July: Student Reading Drives the Charts
After ‘almost a full semester’ of virtual classes, vacationing school students in China turned to recommended reading lists in July.
Belarus Crisis Prompts Alarm from European Writers’ Council, PEN International
The unrest in Belarus has alarmed humanitarian activists and the European authors’ association, as political pressure mounts in Minsk.